Saturday, May 20, 2023

Auditions for STEEL MAGNOLIAS at Hale Centre Theatre announced for June 10


Hale Centre Theatre will hold auditions for Steel Magnolias on June 10th, playing September 19th - November 21st, 2023. The show is directed by Jere Van Patten. Performances are Monday and Tuesday evenings with select 4PM matinees. Call backs for Steel Magnolias will be held Saturday, June 17th with the first rehearsal scheduled for Monday, August 7th at 7:00 PM.

Auditions Open to All
Auditions are open to all and we extend an invitation for all races and ethnicities to submit. Posted ages are guidelines only.

Video submissions are due by June 10th at 12pm. Important: when submitting your video audition select the "Video Appointment" box on the sign up page.

Synopsis
The action is set in Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are “anybody” come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle (who is not sure whether or not she is still married), the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town’s rich curmudgeon, Ouiser, ("I’m not crazy, I’ve just been in a bad mood for forty years"); an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth; and the local social leader, M’Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby (the prettiest girl in town), is about to marry a “good ole boy.” Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play moves toward tragedy when, in the second act, the spunky Shelby (who is a diabetic) risks pregnancy and forfeits her life. The sudden realization of their mortality affects the others, but also draws on the underlying strength—and love—which give the play, and its characters, the special quality to make them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad.

Author
Robert Harling

Playing Dates
Sep 19, 2023 - Nov 21, 2023

Company
Hale Centre Theatre - Arizona
50 W Page Avenue, Gilbert, AZ 85223

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